Archive for December 2022
STAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Movin’ On Up The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: ADRIENNE CHRISTIAN returns to the Hill as Chief of Staff for Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) after a stint as Chief of Staff for the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance. Adrienne is a 1997 graduate of Mississippi University for Women with a BA and a 2001 graduate of the University of Memphis with an MS…
Read MoreWould You Take Pascal’s Wager?
Blaise Pascal was a 17th Century (1623-1662) French philosopher, mathematician and theologian who, among much else, is known for a wager that he used to illustrate his view of why it is rational to believe in the existence of God. Unfortunately, Pascal passed away before his book in which he laid out the wager —…
Read MoreYOUR DESIGNED BODY: The Cascading Problem of the Problems With Oxygen
Among the most frustrating of experiences is to encounter a problem that must be solved, but in the process of doing so, more and more problems are discovered and in short order you have a cascade of them on your hands. Engineer Steve Laufmann, author of the superb “Your Designed Body,” knows a thing or…
Read MoreAll About ‘It’s A Wonderful Life,’ the Webb Telescope and God
Frank Capra’s delightful “It’s A Wonderful Life” is likely the most popular Christmas movie ever made, but something few people know about this classic is what it shares with the James Webb Telescope, the most powerful and remarkable such device ever made by man. As the title of the following video from the John 10:10…
Read MoreSUNDAY SONGS: ‘He’s A Chain-Breaker’ by Zach Williams
The Problem Of Truth And Why It Requires Courage
Martin Gurri, in his “Truth and Its Consequences”1, argues that, “Truth, for the human animal, is always partial, temporary, and local.” While he recognizes our general belief that “Truth – complete accordance with reality – must be one and eternal,” he concludes that, for us, it is not. Citing Plato’s Ideals, Popper and Kuhn and…
Read MoreData-Driven Study Finds Christians Are The Most Charitable Americans
Ever hear these maxims? “Put your money where your mouth is.” Or “Where the rubber meets the road.” Then there is this one: “People don’t care about how much you know until they know how much you care.” So where your money goes is an important measure of what you actually value, as opposed to…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Moving Up On The Hill This Week
COURTESY OF LEGISTORM: NATALIE YESBICK moves up to Communications Director for Sen. John Corny (R-Texas) after a successful stint as the Texan’s Press Secretary. Natalie is a 2015 graduate of Southern Methodist University with a BA in Journalism and Communications Studies. PAYNE GRIFFIN shifts from the Senate side to the House side of Congress, as…
Read MoreIs Earth Just a Pale Blue Dot in a Vast, Hostile Universe?
If you’ve ever heard somebody claim there is no way there could be a God who created the Earth because why would our planet be such an insignificant part of an unknowably vast, hostile universe, you’ve been influenced by Carl Sagan “pale blue dot.” You can check it out here from YouTube when Sagan, then…
Read MoreSTAFF NEWS: Look Who’s Moving Up On Capitol Hill This Week
Courtesy of Legistorm: BROOKE NETHERCOTT is the new Communications Director for Rep. French Hill (R-Va.). This position is the first on the Hill for Brooke, who previously worked as a Senior Consultant at FTI Consulting. Brook is a 2016 graduate of the University of Hartford in Communications and Media Studies. ELIANA LOCKE is the new…
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